Vidal, Gore

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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 1999

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Vidal, Gore

Summary: In Point to Point Navigation, novelist, essayist, critic, and controversialist Gore Vidal ranges freely over his remarkable life with the signature wit and literary elegance that is uniquely his. The title refers to a form of navigation he resorted to as a first mate in the Navy during World War II. He says, "As I was writing this account of my life and times since Palimpsest, I felt as if I...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2006

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Vidal, Gore

Contents: Democratic vistas -- Goat song : unanswered questions before, during, after 9/11 -- Meandering toward Armageddon -- Three lies to rule by -- Japanese intentions in the Second World War -- How we missed the Saturday dance -- The last empire -- In the lair of the octopus -- Mickey Mouse, historian -- With exteme prejudice -- The union of the state -- The last defender of the American republic? :...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Thunder's Mouth Press/Nation Books 2002

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Vidal, Gore

Summary: Celebrated novelist, essayist, critic, and controversialist Vidal ranges freely over his remarkable life with the signature wit and literary elegance that is uniquely his. From his desks in Ravello and the Hollywood Hills, Gore Vidal travels in memory through the arenas of literature, television, film, theater, politics, and international society, where he has cut a broad swath, recounting...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2006

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Vidal, Gore

Summary: Volumes have been written about Washington, Adams, and Jefferson, but no previous work captures the intimate and vital details the way Vidal's does. His consummate skill takes the reader into the minds and private rooms of these great men, illuminating their opinions of one another and their concerns about crafting a workable democracy.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2003

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Vidal, Gore

Summary: An irreverent treatment of this hallowed history takes readers into the drawing rooms and bedrooms of these three giant figures in American history, examining their everyday concerns as well as critical decisions.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Yale University Press 2003

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Vidal, Gore

Summary: From the Publisher: Gore Vidal-novelist, playwright, critic, screenwriter, memoirist, indefatigable political commentator, and controversialists-is America's premier man of letters. No other living writer brings more sparkling wit, vast learning, indelible personality, and provocative mirth to the job of writing an essay. This long-needed volume comprises some twenty-four of his best-loved...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2008

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Vidal, Gore

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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 1988

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Vidal, Gore

Summary: Presents a series of articles and essays criticizing recent developments in American government and foreign policy, especially during the administration of George W. Bush.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Nation Books 2004

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Vidal, Gore

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Publisher / Publication Date: DOUBL 0000

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